106.7 The Fan’s Chad Dukes can rant with the best of them and when the Washington D.C. radio host begins a segment with, “the unfathomable amounts of gall it would take, the temerity, the unmitigated temerity,” the audience should listen intently.
Last week, Dukes was given the honor of being named the best evening DJ of 2019 by Northern Virginia Magazine, even though he’s an afternoon host. This is not the first time Dukes topped the magazine’s evening DJ list. Dukes wanted to promote the story and honor, but he quickly noticed when the link is shared, so is a photo of a 106.7 competitor, DC 101’s Elliot in the Morning.
“They posted a picture of Elliot in the Morning! Elliot in the Morning!” Dukes ranted during his afternoon show on Monday. “I’m the only person on 106.7 The Fan that won an award in this fakakta magazine. Nobody here at the radio station cares, not one sale person’s asked me for a copy, nobody’s even mentioned it. It’s like everything else I do – a mild inconvenience.
“And that’s fine. I like the job, I like working here. I can deal with it, the tacit disrespect, but the fact that this is the Economic Development Authority for the city where I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS! They mention TWO OTHER BUSINESSES, not mine, and then post a picture of Elliot in the Morning! Who, if you took away the ability to cackle, would have an approximately 37-minute radio show every morning. If you took away all of the EDM music and the ability to CACKLE, he would probably fill the same amount of time as one episode of Big Bang Theory!” Dukes said while offering a round of applause.
“It’s me, right?” Dukes continued after his producer noted the article mentions the business next to his store. Dukes is the owner of Commonwealth Dry Goods on Main Street in Fairfax, VA.
“Look, I don’t mean a lot, but I’ve worked hard. I’ve been in this business a good, long time. This has to be the most disrespectful thing that has ever happened to me in my life and maybe you say, ‘Dukes that means you’re living a good life.’ That’s a very healthy perspective and I’m envious you can think that way, that’s not the way I think.”
Dukes may have felt disrespected by the picture of Elliot in the Morning, but for his audience and everyone else that now knows this story, the epic rant outweighs the photo blunder.
Brandon Contes is a freelance writer for BSM. He can be found on Twitter @BrandonContes. To reach him by email click here.
